EP2986233 - NEEDLESCOPIC INSTRUMENT WITH REUSABLE HANDLE AND DETACHABLE NEEDLE ASSEMBLY [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 21.04.2023 Database last updated on 31.08.2024 | |
Former | The patent has been granted Status updated on 13.05.2022 | ||
Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 06.01.2022 | ||
Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 15.10.2020 | ||
Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 04.07.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 09.02.2024 | Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT | published on 13.03.2024 [2024/11] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Teleflex Medical Incorporated 3015 Carrington Mill Boulevard Morrisville, North Carolina 27560 / US | [2016/08] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
RAVIKUMAR, Sundaram 88 Ashford Avenue Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 / US | 02 /
RAVIKUMAR, Vikram C/o Mini-lap Technologies Inc. 155 Palisade Avenue Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 / US | 03 /
OSBORNE, Guy C/o Mini-lap Technologies Inc. 155 Palisade Avenue Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 / US | [2016/08] | Representative(s) | Atout PI Laplace Immeuble Up On 25 Boulevard Romain Rolland CS 40072 75685 Paris Cedex 14 / FR | [N/P] |
Former [2022/24] | Marks & Clerk France Immeuble "Visium" 22, avenue Aristide Briand 94117 Arcueil Cedex / FR | ||
Former [2016/08] | Nguyen Van Yen, Christian Marks & Clerk France Conseils en Propriété Industrielle Immeuble Visium 22, Avenue Aristide Briand 94117 Arcueil Cedex / FR | Application number, filing date | 14786095.1 | 16.04.2014 | [2016/08] | WO2014US34397 | Priority number, date | US201361812691P | 16.04.2013 Original published format: US 201361812691 P | [2016/08] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | WO2014172477 | Date: | 23.10.2014 | Language: | EN | [2014/43] | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP2986233 | Date: | 24.02.2016 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 23.10.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2016/08] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP2986233 | Date: | 15.06.2022 | Language: | EN | [2022/24] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | US | 08.01.2015 | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 25.10.2016 | Classification | IPC: | A61B17/04 | [2016/08] | CPC: |
A61B17/29 (EP,KR,US);
A61B17/3496 (EP,KR,US);
A61B2017/0023 (KR);
A61B2017/0046 (EP,KR,US);
A61B2017/00991 (KR,US);
A61B2017/2919 (EP,KR,US)
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NO | 15.09.2022 | Documents cited: | Search | [Y]US5282800 (FOSHEE DAVID L [US], et al) [Y] 1-15 * column 20, lines 42-56; figures 8,8a *; | [Y]US5626597 (URBAN CARL T [US], et al) [Y] 1-15 * figures 1,2,4-7 *; | [A]WO2007050969 (DOWNEY EARL [US], et al) [A] 1-4* page 8, lines 20-23 *; | [A]US2010292724 (RAVIKUMAR SUNDARAM [US], et al) [A] 1-4 * paragraph [0010] * | International search | [Y]US5759188 (YOON INBAE [US]); | [Y]US6159224 (YOON INBAE [US]); | [Y]US2007093790 (DOWNEY EARL [US], et al); | [Y]US2012080483 (RIESTENBERG PAUL F [US], et al) |